Online Reporter
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau
The Beitbridge Regional Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to two and a half years in prison for attacking a fellow resident with a machete.
The assault occurred after the victim was accused of sitting on the offender’s spot at a communal borehole in Madinginye suburb.
Desire Moyo was convicted of attacking the man in the head, causing near-fatal wounds.
He was initially sentenced to five years in prison, but the presiding magistrate, Ms Charity Maphosa set aside two and a half years on condition of good behaviour.
Prosecuting, Mr Willbrought Muleya said on September 20 this year, Moyo found the complainant sitting on a slab at a local borehole.
Moyo who was armed with a machete accused the complainant of sitting on his place and went on to strike him on the head once with the machete.
The man sustained a cut on the left side of the head and arm and escaped from the scene.
The matter was in turn reported to the police who swiftly arrested Moyo.
